Gage-cock



(No Model.)

G. ELTON.

GAGE 000K.

Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

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GEORGE ELTON, OF YOUNGSTO\VN, OI-IIO.

GAG E-COCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,488, datedSeptember 2, 1890.

Application filed June 28, 1890. Serial No- 35'7,049- (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE ELTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water Gages orCocks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in watergages or cocks designed more especially for use upon waterboilers fortesting the height of the water therein.

It has for its object, among others, to provide a simple, cheap, andefficient device of this character, in which the parts may be used inthree different ways, thus adding greatly to its usefulness anddistributing the wear.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended" claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon,form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure l is a top plan of my improveddevice. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same with portionsbroken away and parts in section and parts in side elevation. Fig. 3 isa cross-section through the body of the cock.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

Referring now'to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates thebody of the cock, which has a tapered externally screwthreaded portiona, adapted to be screwed into the boiler and can be set at any desiredangle. The main portion or body of this cock is provided with lugs 12,which are arranged so as to afford a passage-way between them both inthe direction of the cock and at right angles thereto, and these lugsare perforated in both directions, as shown-in Figs. 1 and 2, so as toprovide for the reception and retention of the sliding bar in whicheverposition it may be placed.

The cock has a passage-w ay 0 therethrough in the direction of itslength and a passageway therethrough at right angles thereto, as seen inthe drawings. Two of these passageways are normally closed by means ofremovable and reversible plugs B, which are'provided with polygonalportions to receive a wrench or other tool, as shown in Fig. 1. Theother passage-way is provided with a removable nipple O, which engagesan internal thread, all the passage-ways being internally threaded.

D is a weight or handle for restraining pressure. It is provided with aprojection or enlargement d, as seen best in Fig. 2, which is slotted,as shown in said figure, and E is a slide-bar working in the slot ofthis enlargement and adjustable lengthwise therein, being designed to beheld in its adjusted posi: tion by the set-screw F, as seen in Fig. 2.This slide-bar is pivoted between the lugs on the cock by means of aremovable pivot-pin.

G is a rubber stopper fitted in a recess in the end of the weightorhandle D,and against which the end of the nipple rests, as shown inFig. 2.

The parts may be readily changed from the position shown to any one ofthe other two by simply removing the plugs and nipple and placing themin the desired position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

WVhat I claim as new is- 1. The combination, with the cock havingpassage-ways at right angles to each other, of the removable nipple andthe weighted handle pivoted on the cock and adapted to bear against thenipple, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the cock having a screw-threaded portion andprovided with passage-ways at right angles to each other, of theweighted handle, the removable nipple, and the adjustable slide-bar, asset forth.

3. The combination, with the cock formed with lugs arranged at rightangles to each other, of the removable adjustable slide-bar, theremovable nipple, the removable plugs, and the weighted handle to whichthe slide- -bar is adj ustably connected, substantially as shown anddescribed.

4. The combination, with the cock having screw-threaded portion and lugsarranged at right angles to each other and passage-Ways In testimonythat I claim the above I have at right angles to each other, of theremovable hereunto subscribed myname in the presence nipple, theremovable plugs, the weighted hanof two witnesses.

dle having slotted enlargement, the set-screw, GEORGE ELTON. 5 and theadjustable s1ide-bar pivoted to the \Vitnesses:

- cock and passed through the slot of the han- R. '1. MCKELNEY,

dle, substantially as shown and described. HARRY BONNELL.

